SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 6 -- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following news release on Aug. 4: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry today led a bipartisan multistate coalition in sending a letter request to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging them to use their legal authority under the Bayh-Dole Act to increase th more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 6 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: SARS-CoV-2 can affect people in a number of different ways, from an absence of symptoms to major complications, even death. The Centers for Disease Control recently awarded $700,000 to a Tulane University team of researchers who are studying how the virus works and where and when it is shed. What they find could help explain why COVID-19 is causing higher death rates among Black and Hispanic residents of New  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan multistate coalition led by California Attorney General Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Landry in sending a letter request to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging them to use their legal authority under the Bayh-Dole Act to more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 4 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 3: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Sec. Shawn D. Wilson, Ph.D., as well as local and state officials, for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of construction on the LA 22/ LA 70 Interchange Project in Ascension Parish. "Building infrastructure and preserving our transportation system is of the utmost importance to my a more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 7: Today, Gov. Edwards announced that a state court has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Firehouse BBQ restaurant in Denham Springs, Louisiana for its excessive non-compliance of his Phase 2 mitigation measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 throughout Louisiana. The TRO prohibits the restaurant from operating in violation of an emergency order suspending their perm more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 7: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the appointment of William Sommers as the new deputy secretary of the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice. Sommers will replace Edward "Dusty" Bickham who is currently serving as the interim secretary and will return to the Louisiana Dept. of Corrections. "I want to commend both Bill and Dusty for their willingness to serve our state," said Gov. Ed more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 6: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an extension of his order keeping Louisiana in Phase Two and extending his statewide mask mandate, the closure of bars to on-premises consumption and the limitation on gatherings of more than 50 people for at least another 21 days, through Friday, August 28. Gov. Edwards' order to mandate masks and restrict bars matches recommendations from the White Ho more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Aug. 6: * * * Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement in response to Judge Janice Clark's ruling in the 19th Judicial District to uphold the mask mandate, bar restrictions and limits on gatherings to no more than 50 that he implemented on July 11 in response to the impact of COVID-19 statewide. "I am pleased that Judge Clark upheld the critical mitigation measures I pu more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump requesting that the extension of the Title 32 authorization for the Louisiana National Guard (LANG) be reconsidered to cover 100 percent fundingthrough December 31, 2020. There are 1,100 members of LANG who have been instrumental in helping the state respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Pres. Trump granted the ex more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 4: Six-State Testing Agreement Is First Of Its Kind Among Governors During COVID-19 Pandemic Expansion of Rapid Antigen Testing Is Critical As States Face Testing Shortages and Delays More States, Cities, and Local Governments May Join Compact In Coming Weeks Gov. John Bel Edwards, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Ohio G more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 6 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 5 Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Highway Transport President and Chief Financial Officer Marshall Franklin highlighted the opening of the company's $12.5 million flagship service center in Geismar, Louisiana. The new facility will serve as the training center for all Highway Transport employees in Louisiana and Texas. Additionally, the site includes a service center, 4.5 bays for tank washi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 4: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that he will extend his Phase Two order, including the statewide mask mandate, closure of bars to on-site consumption and crowd size limits of no more than 50 people for at least another 21 days. The current order expires on Friday, August 7. Gov. Edwards will sign a new order before the end of the week that extends this order through Friday, August  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 1 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn D. Wilson joined officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to announce an agreement for the deepening of the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico through Baton Rouge has been authorized and signed. "This is a great day for the people of Louisiana who depend on the Mississippi River for their more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a bipartisan multistate coalition urging U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use their legal authority to increase the availability of remdesivir. Remdesivir, a drug manufactured by Gilead Science more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 7 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Loving his job is nothing new for Andrew Ganucheau. Neither is combining his work with service to the state of Louisiana. Ganucheau, a Metairie native who serves as director of the Louisiana Center for Afterschool Learning in the SciTEC division of the Louisiana Tech's College of Education, said he recognized the demand for service learning in the greater New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina - and now, thanks more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 7 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Origin Bank has donated $40,000 to Louisiana Tech's Department of Inclusion Initiatives and Student Success, part of $700,000 the bank distributed to a variety of charitable organizations and other educational institutions in its markets in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. "This donation continues our long-term partnership with Louisiana Tech and reinforces how much we value our relationship with the University more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU Board of Supervisors has selected 18 new ideas to support through its Leverage Innovation for Technology Transfer, or LIFT2, grants. The board funded a total of $999,981.14 in the last fiscal year to provide a bridge over the critical gap between basic research and commercialization for university faculty. "These modest seed funds from the LSU Board of Supervisors through the LIFT2 grants c more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: APPA, previously known as the Association of Physical Plant Administrators, is pleased to announce that LSU is the recipient of APPA's 2020 Sustainability Innovation Award. "The Sustainability Innovation Award is designed to recognize and promote unique and innovative sustainable practices in the educational facilities and campus environments, ultimately embedding them within the educational institu more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Professors Stephania Cormier, a respiratory immunologist, and Rebecca Christofferson, an emerging viruses expert, have developed a saliva-based test to help track COVID-19 in K-12 school children and teachers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This initiative was recently mentioned at congressional hearings in Washington, D.C. where Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Ser more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 7 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The bottom area of low oxygen in Louisiana coastal waters west of the Mississippi River, commonly known as the "Dead Zone," was mapped at a much smaller-than-average size this summer. The area was 2,117 square miles, which is larger than Rhode Island but smaller than Delaware, and well below the projected estimate of 7,769 square miles. Mississippi River discharge and nitrogen loads were high in Ma more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced a major bipartisan interstate compact with the Rockefeller Foundation to expand the use of rapid point-of-care antigen tests to slow the spread of COVID-19 and continue safely reopening th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced a major bipartisan interstate compact with the Rockefeller Foundation to expand the use of rapid point-of-care antigen tests to slow the spread of COVID-19 and continue safely more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 6 -- North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem joined a bipartisan coalition of thirty-four states, led by California Attorney General Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Landry, in sending a letter to the US Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration, urging those agencies to use their legal authority to increase the availabil more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 5 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Nebraska Attorney General Peterson today joined a bipartisan multistate coalition led by California Attorney General Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Landry in sending a letter request to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging them to use their legal authority under the more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Aug. 7 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls Chemistry Department Head Dr. Kaisa Young received the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence during University Convocation Wednesday, Aug. 5. Dr. Young has been an influential member of the faculty since joining the university as an assistant professor of physics and astronomy in 2012. Now an associate professor, the Kansas City native also serves as the general education program coordin more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 4 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Panic disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States, with nearly 5 percent of the population suffering attacks that cause extreme disruption in their daily lives. The cause of panic disorder is not fully understood, but it is likely attributable to altered neuronal processes, said Jonathan Fadok, an assistant professor of psychology at Tulane University. "Over the last several dec more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 6 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University will reach an important milestone on Monday, Aug. 10, as students begin returning to campus for the first time in nearly five months. As the nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, the university has made the health and safety of its students, faculty and staff the top priority in the planned return to on-campus learning, living and working. This includes adding a vital, additional more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Aug. 6 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette a $1 million grant to develop a way to convert carbon dioxide into ethylene, one of the world's most widely used chemicals. The research has a potential environmental upside. The proposed technology being developed at UL Lafayette produces ethylene by breakin more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Governor Ralph Northam today announced a cutting-edge interstate compact to expand the use of rapid antigen testing in Virginia. Governor Northam joined Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine in this bipartisan agreement with the Rockefeller Foundation, wh more PR